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The Forever GMs Podcast 🎲 Two professional Game Masters exploring the art of GMing with RPG industry professionals. Season 1 airing now on Spotify and Apple Podcasts - https://linktr.ee/forevergmspodcast
@theforevergms.bsky.social🎲 Do rolls move the story forward or stop it in its tracks? 🎲
A roll should create a new direction or complication, not put the game on pause because someone failed a check.
How do you keep the story moving at your table?
@theforevergms.bsky.social🤖 Trust the Computer. Obey your orders. Betray your friends. Everything will be fine. 🤖
Join Doc for this week’s Game Spotlight is PARANOIA - a TTRPG of bureaucracy, backstabbing, clones, and glorious chaos.
@theforevergms.bsky.social🧠 You know it. Does your character? 🧠
Meta-gaming can spark some heated table debates, but can it also make your game better? Listen to Episode 6 with Eloy Lasanta of Third Eye Games on how meta-gaming can make your games better!
@theforevergms.bsky.social🃏 Superpowers. Speakeasies. Playing cards. 🃏
Join Doc as he discusses @nerdburgercraig.bsky.social's CAPERS, a super-powered Roaring Twenties TTRPG where gangsters, high-stakes action, and card-based mechanics collide.
@theforevergms.bsky.social🏆 Fame! Fortune! Mayhem! 🏆
What if dungeon crawling was a spectator sport? Join Doc as he discusses @brendanlasalle.bsky.social's X-Crawl Classics, where adventurers chase glory and fame in over-the-top competitive dungeons.
@theforevergms.bsky.socialDid D&D teach you to think like D&D?
@brendanlasalle.bsky.social would say so! Every system teaches players what choices to look for and how problems “should” be solved.
What D&D habits have followed you into other TTRPGs?
@theforevergms.bsky.socialI don’t know if I would have been able to help myself…
@theforevergms.bsky.social🎲 What was your best mechanic switch to better help your game? 🎲
As we GMs know, not every systems fits every setting! Join us, @brendalasalle.bsky.social, and @nerdburgercraig.bsky.social as we discuss systems and settings.
@theforevergms.bsky.social😈 Chaos gremlins are going to test the boundaries of your game - so sometimes the best move is to say “yes.” 😈
GMs: what’s the wildest thing you’ve said “yes” to at your table?
@theforevergms.bsky.social🚗 Would you trust your players with the car? 🚗
For Episode 4’s Game Spotlight, we’re talking Crash Pandas - which might be the perfect game for an episode about Chaos Gremlins.
@theforevergms.bsky.socialHaha we love a chaos GM! One of my GMs ran a session with us a few years ago, asked for a piece of paper at the end, and ripped it in front of us - he had to re-write his final session in less than 12 hours because of us!
@theforevergms.bsky.social😈 Are YOU a Chaos Gremlin or a GM of one? 😈
Then you know that wild choices and unexpected plans make for the best sessions!
Join us, Katie Lear, and @wranglerofchaos.bsky.social in Episode 4: Chaos Gremlins of The Forever GMs Podcast.
@theforevergms.bsky.socialHow comfortable are you when your players completely ignore the plan?
Listen to Episode 9 of The Forever GMs Podcast! We’re talking improv - thinking on your feet, embracing uncertainty, and building on whatever the table throws at you.
@theforevergms.bsky.social🎬 What has been your favorite improv-d moment in a D&D campaign? 🎬
We took a look at the science behind improv in Episode 9's Peer Review. Learn about how adapting in the moment and staying responsive can strengthen your GM skills!
@theforevergms.bsky.socialI can imagine him - standing in the corner of the tavern, hood up, and all kinds of 2000s sad boi music playing in the background! This is a great one!
@theforevergms.bsky.social🎲 What is your favorite trope or archetype for character builds? 🎲
As @genesisoflegends suggests, familiar tropes help players connect fast - so you can spend less time explaining motivations and more time actually playing.
@theforevergms.bsky.social⚖️ Big ambitions and terrible judgment ⚖️
Check out this week's Game Spotlight - Fiasco, a GM-less game where everyone shares control of the story and things are supposed to go off the rails.
Want to practice your improv skills? This might be your game.
@theforevergms.bsky.social“The Game Master creates the conditions in which heroism becomes possible” I really enjoyed reading this article from Sean Francis - he painted a beautiful picture on the role of game masters that I will take into my next session!
@clight101.bsky.socialReposted by @theforevergms.bsky.social@theforevergms.bsky.social🎭 You’re already improvising 🎭
Join us and @ktwelves.bsky.social, author of Improv for Gamers, to talk about collaboration, prep, and what to when the game goes off the rails.
How comfortable are you throwing out the plan?
